The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-12 00:00:00

ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) EVESHAM. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, the flight Hon, Sir Roomy): Pr.sc in the Chair. Mr. Coronulor said he would proceed with the examination of wit tresses to prove general agency on the part of Mr. Char:es Best. Mr, Robert Kerr Forster was then called, and stated that he was a Member if the firm of Forster and Evans, solicitors. Ho went down to Evesham as solicitor for Mr. Borthwick. Had several communications Kith Mr, Charles Best. Mr. Cocßouns—State. what occurred. Mr. THrISSWER objected to questions being put to the witness as to Whit had passed between him and Mr. Best, as he had acted as Mr. Borthwick's attorney, and he was not at liberty to divulge what had passed. It was the privilege of the client that the attorney should not disclose anything which he did in that capacity. Mr. COCKBURN agreed with his Learned Friend that it was not com petent for him to ask what had passed between the witness and Mr. Best, but he had a right to ask him what he himself did. The distinc tion was manifest. Mr. Tnesstnee then referred to a Norwich case, in which it had b e eii decided that an attotney should not be examined after he had re. calved Ills retainer. Sir ROBERT Pav wished to know whether Mr, Coekburne thought that the Court of Queen's Bench would question an attorney in a ease of this kind, namely whether he had gone to certain Bankers on behalf of his client, and as to what he did there. Mr. Coo:Armor was of opinion that the Court would examine him on that point, and would not protect him even if he had been employed confidentially, and threw himself on the protection of the Court After some further discussion, Mr. Cockburn said he would not press the question. The Committee ordered the room to be cleared on a suggestion from Mr. F. Berkeley, but no formal decision was come to, Mr. Cockburn having waived the question. Mr. Foster was then recalled, and stated that he was in Evesham when the Speaker's warrants arrived. They were not sent to witness, but to a person named Tredwill, who was clerk to Mr. King the solici tor, who had acted for Mr. Borthwick previous to witness being on_ ployed for him. Heard that souse of them were also sent to Mr. Best. Mr. Best never acted professionally for the firm to which witness belonged or by his directions. One of the summonses was here produced and handed to witness. He stated that the signature to it was in Mr. Best's handwriting. Cross-examined—Never gave Mr. Best authority to sign any paper or document. Mr. Benjamin Workman stated that he resided in Evesham, and that two summonses were served upon him. The first, purporting to be the Speaker's warrant, was served on him by Mr. Tredwill. The second was a countermand, signed by Mr. Charles Best. Went to the latter gentleman to know which he was to obey, and he desired him to communicate with Mr. Foster on the subject. Does not know whether Mr. Best took an active part in the election, as he mixed very little in it himself. John Charles Oliver, a clerk in the house of Messrs Drummond, was next called, and examined as to the'dratts of Mr. Borthwick on that house from May to October 1537, with a view to ascertaining if any of them were made payable to Mr. Best, for the purposes of the election. There vere entries to the Rev. Mr. Harting and Charles Stockport, the first for 2LO/. on the 2d of August, and the second for 1001. on the 9.2 d of July, but none to Mr. Best. Mr. COCKBURN submitted that he had now established the general agency of Mr. Best, and that he was at liberty to examine the witness Pearce as to the conversation which took place between him and Mr. Best, with respect to the snuff-box subsequently to the election. Mr. TBESSIGER contended, that his Learned Friend had totally failed in establishing any proof that Mr. Best had acted as a general agent for the purposes of the election. Mr. COCKBURN replied. The room was then cleared ; and on our re-admission the Chairman stated that the Committee were of opinion that sufficient evidence had not been adduced to prove general agency on the part of Mr. Best. READING. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, and decided that the vote of Charles James Buller, which stood over from Saturday, was a bad vote. The Counsel for the sitting Member, then.succeeded in striking off the names of Thomas Truss, cabinet-maker, London-street, and Robert Raggett, of Oxford-street, placing Mr. Palmer, in a maj3rity The petitioner then objected to the vote of Wm. Butler, which was struck ofl as was that of John Long. Thomas Turner and John Hodgson were then struck off by the sitting Member. YOUGHALL. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, when the cross-examination of Mr. Smith was resumed by Mr. ANDREWS. The witness, in the most Positive manner, contradicted the statements of Mr. Parker ; and in his re-examination by Mr. POLLOCK, explained some apparent inconsistency of his answers to Mr. Andrews. The evidence was then commented on at great length by Mr. Ax ogaWs, who contended that there were collateral statements made by Mr. Smith, which confirmed the direct evidence of Mr. Parker, whilst they overthrew his own. The room was then cleared, and, on the re-admission of Counsel and Agents, the Chairman announced that the Committee had retained Laaders's vote. The decision certainly excited surprise, although there can be but one opinion that the Committee has throughout evinced the utmost impartiality. The Sitting Member was left still in a minority of one. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) V•NDELEUR V. BLAGRAYE. The arguments in this motion, commenced on Saturday, were this morning concluded, and Lord LANGDALE gave Judgment. Whatever might be the ultimate decision of the Court, one or two innocent parties would suffer by the fraud which had been committed. The transactions in question corn_ rnenced in the year 1827, when Mrs. Blagrave, in consideration of the sum of 2,7001., agreed to grant an annuity of 500/. to the plaintiff. Out of that sum of 500/., a policy of insurance was to be effected on the life of Mrs. Blagrave, in the sum of 2 ,800/. Mrs. Blagrave had been induced to enter into this transac ti°n, in consequence of the difficulty she had in recovering large sums of money due to her, to the amount of 40,000/. She employed as het a gent a Mr. Yates. Mr. Yates acted as her agent, in some respects at least under the controul of the son of Mrs. Blagrave, Mr. Anthony Blagrave. In the month of May, 1830, expectations were entertained thftt the sum of 40,000/. would be paid. Those e xpectations were afterwards realized; but, before they were realised, a notice, in May, 1830, was given to the plaintiff that the annuity would he re-purchased. On the 31st July, 1830, the parties who owed the 4 0,000/. paid it, with interest, amounting to 1,000/., to Mr. Yates, who Paid the whole 41,0001, by the order of Mrs. Blagrave, into Stukcy's Bank, to the account of Mr. Anthony Blagrave. On the 11th August, 1830, Mr. A. Blagrave gave a check for 11,496/. 3s. part of the 41,000/. to Mr. Yates. By the act of one agent, therefore, this money got into the hands of another agent, but for which particular purpose that sum of money was paid was in controyery between the parties. The plaintiff afterwards, on the persuasion of Yates, executed an indenture, which l 'as a re_assignment of the annuity, and placed it in the hands of Yates. but there was no receipt on the back of it for the avnetn:t of the purchase-money. It was stated that Mr. Yates delivered up the deed, but what afterwards took place remains in great doubi. After that time Mr. Yates deceived both parties, re Presenting to Mrs. Blagrave, on the one hand, that the policy t 1 being kept up as her account, on the other hand, treating with the plaintiff as if the annuity was still subsisting, end as if the policy was being kept up on his account. His Lordship thought he should not do right if he were now to express an opinion on the facts as they appeared upon the evidence, as it was likely when the case came to be finally decided, these facts would be greatly altered. He, however, tho ught the f un d i n di spute oug ht no t to b e a ll ow ed to remain in the h I,p ands of the p ar ti es. Th e po li cy o f i nsurance, h o wever, must be kept out of the annuity of 5001., and the remainder brought into Court. At the same time it was extremely doubtful who would be ultimately entitled. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) E dward Robinson, a boy in the service of Mrs. Skinner, Great Queen -street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, was charged with being found offering fur pledge in a pawnbroker's in Drury lane, a silver fork, of Wh Leh he could no t g i ve a proper account. It a l so ap p eare d from the P r isoner's confession that he had stolen a diamond pin which he dis. Posed of to another boy for three pence, and a number of silk-handker. , ° Thaf's belonging t o th e diff eren t p erson s who lodged in his mistress's uoUse. Other silver articles have been missed since the prisoner's ap prehension, all of which be confesses to have stolen ; and after pledging them at different shops, none of which lie can recollect, he destroyed the duplicates. to prevent his being suspected of committing the robbery. He was ordered to be remanded for a week. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) nr.Ar„, MARCO E.S.E., moderate.—Arrived and pro. ceed:d for the River, the Elizabeth, Bowles, from the South Seas ; Dart, Ormston, from Madeira; Black Nymph, Reed, from Sunderland t° Syra, Came down from the River and proceeded, the Flora, Le reque, for Jamaica. IL—Wind E.S.E., moderate.—Arrived and pro ceeded for the River, the Jansen, Heron, and Psyche, Young, from Derbice ; Mary Taylor, Earley, from the Mauritius; Ariel, Porter, from Cardiff to Yarmouth; Admiral Tromp, Kirkhaven, from Batavia to Amsterdam; Russian ship Louisa, from Newcastle to Lisbon. Came down from the River and proceeded, the Dauntless, Pinder, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Mary Lyon, Davidson, for Alicant ; Pauline, Augnetil, for Rouen. The brig Jansen, of Leith, Heron master, from berbice to London, sailed from the Bar 26th January, out 4'2 days. The Cameron, Mackay, sailed same day. The Psyche, Young, would sail in 4,0 , and the Vulcan, Patrick, would sail in five days, all for London. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Wind S.S.E., led the Montreal, C Jiffin, for New York. Passed by the Dart, Ormiton, from Madeira. 'arei2 11.—Wind E S.E , tine. MARCH 10. — Wind E.S.E. - r ktuourn, MARCO 9.—Wind 5. to S.S.E., fret.h breezes and fine.— 4 nl ved the Symmetry, Thompson, from Cardiff, with cargo shifted, and u.s.,.discharge, bound to Charlston. Sailed the Skylark Packet, for Madeira and Brazils. The Tyrian Packet, for Halifax, has not sailed, 7, 1n ,,g to the badness of the weather. March 10.—Wind S.S.W. to fresh breezes, with rain and thick weather. MARCH 11. Arrived off port the Malcolm, Sim, Singapore. —44 IMOUTII MARCH 11.—Arrived off port the Sarah Maria, Shaxton, front Rio Janeiro. Terceira, MAncu 10. Arrived the Providence, Bucki n g ham, from e i lra, very leaky , &c. at Ri o j a E n ft e ZT, MARCHIO.--Arrived the Albion, L e Mesurier, from Hutt, MARCH 1 0. — Two river sloops, timber laden, upset on Whet ton Sands this morning. x e NE waY, MARCH 9.—Arrived the Mary, Hamilton, from St. J ohn's, w Brunswick. MARC!! 10.—Arrived the China, Vaughan, from St. John's, New Arunswick ; and Christopher, Columbus, from Messina. Co RK N ew II 9.—Arrived the Evergreen, Moran, from St. John's, runswick ; and Adorai, Ritchie, from Viana, leaky, bound to Newfound land. Arrived off port the Pericles, Stewart, front Demerara. t ask T ß " ° °t, Mallen 11.—Wind S., moderate--Arrived the Nan et, Wilson, from New Orleans ; Orwell, Gow, from New Orleans ; llllstle, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Mersey, Webb, from Sa vannah; and C ondor, Phinney, from Charleston. Sailed the Europa. Wat son, for Trinid a d ; J o h n Lill y, T urner, f or Af r ic a ; I nez , B ra y, f o r Bost on ; Hibernia, Cobb, for New York ; Othello, for Savannah ; and Manchester, for New Orleans. - - abThe Dumbarton Castle, Fitzgibbon, from Trinidad to London, was n -n dnned by th e crew 15th ult , in lat. 36. long. 42 ., with loss of foremast, &c. , T he Ocean, f rom Demerara to London, was spo k en w ith t h e 2d inst., a lat. 48. l ong. 15., a temporary rudder had just been fixed; the master nd crew determined to remain with the vessel. Tlle R uby, Wilson, bound to Marseilles and the 1 1 ,1aurilius, has put back to Ring Road, wills damage. , The 13 ransley, Gord on, f rom Sligo to Glasgow, is on shore at Lam. ias h, and full of water. T he Glenel g, L umley, from Canton, put i nto Si ngapore w i th damage, having struck the Runanea Rocks. d, The An". Worthington, from Limerick, put into klillybegs, cargo T n aZod, and Inuit discharge—bound to L i verpoo l. The Barrow, Dawes, from Port Rush, ptzt rock 9l9l-Icester, was on the 91 1 tiie oth inst. THE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn vessels, after the late interruption, got into regular course, a very large supply of both Grain and Flour was last week the result ; and the trade being in want prices were firmly maintained for every ar ticle, and Wheat was even dearer. This mooring the fresh supplies of all kinds of Corn have been moderate. There has been a free trade for Wheat, and the best parcels have exceeded the terms of last Monday by 2s. per quarter, and other sorts by Is. per quarter, with a good clearance of samples. Barley for malting sold freely at last week's rates ; distillers' quality is very difficult to sell, but grinding parcels maintain their value. Beans and Peas have no alteration from the terms of this day se'nnight. There has been a fair demand for Oats to-day; and notwithstonding the large quantity at market, sales have been made at terms equal to those of this day se'nnight. There is no alteration in the prices of Flour, and sales are made to a fair extent. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) 55,. 645. White (old) tins. 70s. ----- Red (1837) 46.1 50A. ------- Fine 54 58i. --- Supertinr.... ro, 63, White (1837) 465. 555. ----....- Fine Si.5 625. Beans, Small (new) 36s 38s - (old) 42-.4es. - Tick (new) 263 315. (old) ati.SEli. - Harrow (new) 12,.134••. -- (dd) 403.42,. 13raii11 __ _ .. 323.36 . Superfine 645. Nis,' Oats, Feed —....—......F0reign free Ms 70; .....—...--- New. 17,22 Bye ails. 345. ---. Poland.... --s.-- , Barley 225. i 3;. N ew . 9 05.24 . —........ Grinding 2:+s Q7s. Potatee.. 265.28. ----- Malting Xis. as. - Ncsc 24.5. .'6 . slalt 495. 54 5 , Scotch 24i.Y 7 ,. Fine New 5Es. 60s. Irish Os. 26%23 . Pease, Grey, New 30.. 31s Flour Town iper sack) 505.52.. ...... Maple. New Ws. Pas seconds 45i.4415. . White 355. ass. north Country 42s 4ls --.. Boilers 37s 38s Brats B. 9.. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEFA - Whelt. Barley. Oats. i Flour r.ngti:h Irish Foreign — 1 --.• SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. There was a fair supply ta-day, and the quality, generally, was most unexceptionable. The butchers bought freely and prices rose. Beef rose 1/. in 201., and Sheep advanced 2s. to 3s. per head. The advance is owing to the town being clear of meat ansi the weather sharp. Veal continues dear and scarce. Irish Hogs rose a little. Nice Porkers were ss. Store Pigs did not alter. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 8(1. ; Mutton, 4s. Bd. to se. 2d.; Sheared Sheep, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d.; Veal, ss. to Gs. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; Irish, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 2d. Beasts, 2,598; Sheep, 19,486 ; Calves, 105 ; Pigs; 648. PROVISION MARKET. The business to-day was confined to consumption only; prices were generally firm, and unvaried from those of last week up to the time we went to press. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Fish today in fair supply ; trade, however, was not very good; frices on the whole reasonable, except for Lobsters, which were Is. Gd. to 4s. each, and higher; Good fine Cod, 2s. to I Is. each ; Soles, lid. to 2s. 6d. per pair ; Turbot, ss. to 255. each. HOP AND SEED MARKET. The principal arrival in the Seed Market is 6,260 quarters of Foreign Linseed. Red Clover Seed has declined 2s. to 3s. since this day week. All other kinds remain unvaried in price, with but little doing in them. A steady business doing in Hops at firm prices. TALLOW MARKET. P.Y C. to-day is again quoted at 555. 6d. to 565. on the spot. For delivery 465. is the nominal price. The home consumers purchase only for •their immediate wants, Town Tallow being comparatively much cheaper. COLONIAL MARKETS. No public sales to-day, and by private contract but little doing. The market is much in the same dull state as it was last week. The imports of produce are again to a fair extent. The business advertised for the week is also to a fair amount. Holder of goods do not show any dis position to oppress the m:irket with goods. The principal sales are of Ben• gal and Mauritius Sugar and Coff.•e. For to-morrow 3,100 bags of Bengal, and 2,130 bags of Mauritius Sugar are advertised, and more of each is also advertised for the 16th. 3,000 bags of Brazil Coffee will be offered for sale to-morrow, and 1,500 on the 15th. The quantity of Tea advertised for public sale, to commence on the 2d of April, is up wards of twelve millions of pounds. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MARCH 10. Our farmers brought a small supply of Wheat to this day's market, and the arrivals also being moderate from the coast, the sale was brisk, and good samples commanded an advance of Is. per quarter on last Saturday's rates. Barley was exceedingly dull, and the finest samples dillicult to quit, at our quotations, as the arrivals from the south are u-usually large. Oats were in fair supply, and the best qualities taken otT for seed at is. per quarter more money. Rye met a free sale at late prices For Malt we had a very limited demand. In Beans or Pease we likve little alteration to notice. For Flour we have a better sale, though p rices cannot be quoted any higher. ew. 01st. Wheat, Northumberland sss. 5.95. s3s. 60 .1 Norfolk and Suffolk-. .......... 54a. 56, 63 . • Berwick and Scotch s3s. —s —s 55 - Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk Foreign —s. —s —s. —s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk.- :30s. 34s - Grinding and Feeding 2.ls. 245. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk s2s sis —s, —5,, r Beans, Small —s. —s 15, 565. z; Tick —s. —s 32s 31s. Pease, White 365. 405..... —s. —s. --- Gray lOs 32s Oats, Northumberland, Potatoc 2ls. 21s S. S. Feed Foreign Flour (par sack) --s. —s 4ls. 455. DERBY CORN MARKET, MARCH 10 . We had a good share of samples of grain at our Corn Market, yester day. Fine,dry Wheat made a little more money the last week. Best Wheat, 575. to Gus. ; fine Barley, 30s. to 335.; Grinding ditto, 255. to 28s. ; Oats, 20s. to 265.; Old Beans, 40s. to 445.; New ditto, 31s to 365. We have already communicated the fact of tile arrest at New York of two men for a mw der committed nine years ago in Ireland, and now furnish the following particulars from a New York Paper:—The names of the prisoners aro John and James Bamber, father and son. They, with their family, occupied a small farm at home for two years, for which the proprietor could get no rent, neither could he get them, by peaceable means, to remove. Force to eject them was resorted to, and a posse of police went armed to compel them to evacuate. The police met with resistance from the inmates, consisting of relatives and friends, besides the family of the prisoners, and fire-arms were used by one or both parties : and during the affray the sergeant of police, named Ward, was killed by a shot from the house. In the con. fusion the prisoners escaped by the rear of the house, and secreted themselves in the logs, &c., till they finally eluded pursuit and made their way to this country. \ They have lived in this city since. Several friends who aided them in their flight were arrested, convicted, and punished for their participation in the affray. In the course of the past year they were seen and recognised here by some individual who had known them in Ireland, and intelli gence was forwarded of their whereabout. The fact was communicated to Mr. Buchanan, the British Consul here, who made it known to the police authorities, and the officers undertook to aid in ferreting out the fugitives. James was the first discovered, and lie was employed at Cram's distillery. By tracing him the residence of both was ascertained ; Wednesday morning they were both taken, the son leaving the house, the father in bed. They did not deny their identity, nor their participation in the affray, but they allege that they don't know either of them killed Ward, and that no gun was fired from the house till after one of their party, another son, had been shot down by the police. They were both brought be fore Judge Ulshoeffer on Wednesday, by a writ of Habeas Corpus, for the purpose of ascertaining whether this Govern ment has any right to give them up to the British Consul to Le sent back to Ireland ; and the matter stands adjourned till in telligence shall be received from the Governor touching their liability to be given up, the indictments against them, and other documents connected with the affair, having been for warded to tho Executive with a view to the determining of that point. A duel took place a few days ago at Luneville, be tween the son of General C , and a brother officer in the first regiment of Carbineers, named Pos, who was mortally wounded, the ball having broken both his arms and passed through his body. Mr. C— and the four seconds were im mediately put under close arrest. The funeral of the deceased was attended by all the officers of the garrison, and produced a solemn effect. FATAL DUEL.—A slight misunderstainding took place at Kurnaul on the morning of the 15th of October, be tween Captain Keating, of her Majesty's 13th Light Infan try, and Captain Hughes, of the Artillery. Ineffectual at tempts were made to reconcile the parties, and they met on the erening of the same day. Captain Hughes received his adversary's ball in his right side, and it passed through his liver, howela, and spleen, lodging on the left aide. He had strength to drive his buggy home, but died at nine P.m. next day. Lieutenant Jennings, of her Majesty's Light Infantry, was the friend of Capt. Keating and Lieut. Tirnbrell, Artillery, of Capt. Hughes. The latter was only on a short visit to Kur naul, and was much esteemed. The affair, it was expected, would lead to some inevstigation, as presentiug some unusual features. By later advices we find that Lieutenant Keating and Jennings had been arraigned before a Court-martial at Kurnaul, for ungentlemanlike conduct, in refusing an expla nation, both verbal and written, offered by the late Captain Hughes. The case for the prosecution had closed on the 16th of November, and the prisoners had commenced their defence. The second of the deceased had stated that the duel was not a fair one. The Court would not permit any matter con nected with the capital crime to be entered into ; the charge received from head-quarters beinr , merely that of unofficer and ungentlernanlike conduct, as before stated ; neither would they receive Lieut. Timbrell's evidence of the serious im pressions as to the cause of Lieut. Keating's treatment of him, which the late Capt. Hughes, when dying, submitted to him. —Parbury's Oriental Herald. SIR It. W. HORTON.—On the 15th of November Sir R. Horton was on board the Malabar, in the roads of Colombo, preparing to sail for Bombay, at which presidency Sir Robert intends to remain a mon th, o n a visit to Sir Robert Grant, and will then return to England. Sir R. Horton has not been recalled. The causes of his return are these. His Excellency, in the fist inst ance , ma d e an earnest app li ca tion to be relteved, in the month of Oct., 1837, and it was not until some months afterwards that circumstances led him to acquaint the Secretary of State of his desire to remain in Ceylon until the end of that year. Lord Glenelg, however, as was to be expected, on the receipt of the first communication, took steps for complying with Sir R. Horton's application to be relieved ; and before the second communication was received in Eng land, arrangements had been finally made with Mr. Stewart M a ckenzie, who had been appointed to the Government. Sir R. Horton was relieved, therefore, on his own application; and there is no doubt but that. her Majesty's Government wculd have acceded to his wish to remain longer had it been in their power so to do,—Parbury's Oriental Herald. The effects of the late severe Winter are strikingly visible now that spring is partially arrived. All Nature seems to lie prostrate a; if cut down by a sudden visitation. Nut a butt i yet to be seen on the hedges, or a violet or primrose on the banks. The laurels, lauruainuses, and other hardy ever greens, are for the most part killed, and bear the appearance of laatdng been scorched by fro, The last week or ten days, t r a t and ion g r a e r ct e ve e r r i recovering from the wily to work, and how67,7er, ha-ye set tl s t e e e fa y r e m g we may exp::t too deso lating influence of / f 459 a4post unexampled in length and ;everiti, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA THE SUN EXPRESS. Our Expressed Report of the important debate which terminated on Wednesday morning at three o'clock, ar rived in Dublin before six o'clock on Friday. The Sun, through our indefatigable agents there, Messrs. Johnston and Co., was immediately delivered to the Irish Govern ment, and the private Secretary at the Castle addressed the following acknowledgment of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant : _ " Castle, .March 9, half-past five, P. M. " Lieutenant Colonel Yorke presents his compliments to Messrs Johnston and Co., and is desired by the Loan LIEU TENANT to thank them for the Express Edition of The Sun of Wednesday last, containing the debate and division in the House of Commons on that night, which they have been so obliging as to send trine, and has been just received." The Irish Journals, put in possession of the result of the division by means of our Express Edition, exult in the defeat of the Tories with that ardent earnestness which is proper to their national character. They regard the majo rity at a most brilliant victory, affording decisive evidence of the triumph of Ministers over all foes. " The Tories (sly they) are threshed—Orangeism is in the sulks..-.the Radicals arc nowhere—there are splits and recriminations —there is mutiny in the Conservative Camp. Victory ! Victory !" The late important debate and division in the House of Commons, has placed us under another obligation to Mr. Murdo Young, the ever-active proprietor of The Sun New;- paper. The division did not take place till three o'clock on Thursday morning, and we received the whole debate---four teen closely printed columns—on Friday afternoon, three hours before the arrival of the mail. This is by no means a solitary instance, but occurs on all occasions of particular interest. We consider that all who reside at a distance from the metro polis—the provincial Press especially—are much indebted to the skill end enterprise that ensures them such early intelli gence, and are, in justice, bound to acknowledge the obli gatian —Devonport Independent. An express has just (March 9, I 1 p.m.) arrived in this city, from The Sun office, and for which, as upon many for mer occasions, we are indebted to the extraordinary exertions of Mr. Young, bringing the conclusion of the debate on Sir William Molesworth's motion for a vote of censure upon Lord Glenelg-. Carlisle Journal. We are indebted to an express from The Sun newspaper for this debate and division. —Shrewsbury Chronicle. 'rho full report of the adjourned debate, and the division thereupon, reached this city yesterday (Friday) by a little after two o'clock in the afternoon, by an express forwarded from the office of The Sun newspaper, to the spi rited proprietor of which the public, in every part of her Ma jesty's dominions, have been indebted for the earliest intelli gence, for many years past, on all occasions that called for such extraordinary exertions. —Bath Herald. Thanks to the public spirit of Murdo Young, Esq., the talented proprietor of The Sun Evening Newspaper, we are enabled to lay before our readers a very copious report of the Wednesday night's debate, together with the glorious re sult of the division. The debate did not close till three o'clock yesterday (Thursday) morning, and yet we received a parcel of the Express Edition of The Sun by half-past ten o'clock last night, containing thirteen columns. We cannot refrain from noticing this additional effort of the unrivalled Sun. It is not merely the benefit of receiving the intelligence sixteen hours earlier than we should otherwise have obtained it ; but it is for the opportunity that those sixteen hours afford us for giving a digested report to our readers this week ; shall thus be enabled to scatter the intelligence through the lone homesteads, and scattered villages of our breezy hills, seven days earlier than this portion of our readers would other wise get it. The public owe a deep debt of gratitude to the gentleman who has thrown these facilities in their way, and tile Reformers are especially indebted to his indomitable energy and talent. We hope to see some popular testimonial given to so honest and zealous a public servant.— Western An Express Edition of The Sun just received in this town, announces that Sir W. Molesworth's motion was withdrawn, and the division on Lord Sandon's amendment gave a majority in favour of Ministers of twenty-nine. We rejoice in the re sult, and hope it will be attended with beneficial effect on all political parties.—Kendal Mercury. We are indebted to the enterprising exertions of The Sun, for an Express Edition of that admirably conducted Paper, which we received on Thursday night, and by which we learned that the Ministry on Wednesday night achieved a triumph over the Tories and Tory- Radicals.—Hereford Tinzse. EXTRAORDINARY RAPIDITY.-We have again to thank the spirited proprietor of The Sun evening newspaper, for the receipt of the division on Sir William 11Iolesvvorth's motion on Wednesday night, contained in a second edition of that paper. Considering that the debate was not closed till past three in the morning, and the result was in Bristol by four o'clock on Thursday afternoon, we are bound to give it our raced of praise as one of the fastest expresses an record.—Felix Farky's Bristol Journal. THE COAL TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I must agree with " Veritas" in thinking that the value of your paper must depend on the veracity of its statements; and as you have allowed him to correct a to:fiing mistake of 371,366/. in the factors' profits, I think you will allow me to correct as great an error which you have made, respecting the loading and fraudulent measure of the colliers. In your paper of March Ist, you say that the ship-owner loads and pays for no more coals than the measurement of his ship ; that she weighs out in London one-fourth more than she took up in the North ; and the overplus is the source of the ship-owner's profit. The fact is, that the coals are weighe I into the ship in the North with as much nicety as they are weighed out of her in London ; there is seldom the difference of six or eight tons between what the ship-owner pays for in the North and what ho has to be paid for in London. The ship generally makes out a few tons less than she took in, instead of one-fourth more ; so that, by this statement, the coal-owner could not sell his coals for 25 per cent, less than he does ; and the ship-owner, who has to pay for every ton of coals that is put into his ship, has no inducement to build her on fraudulent principles. Many of the colliers were built for, and have been employed in, other trades; and those that are built with the probability of baing employed in the coal trade are fit to go round the world, a n d, as plain ships, are superior to most other vessels. You say, were the slips not obliged to await the factors' pleasure, they might perform the voyage in eleven days, or easily make two voyages per month. If the ships that are at present in the trade were to make two voyages per month, and let the rich have the coals for nothing, and the poor f or half nothing, London could not consume them even at that low rate, but there would be a stock at the end of tavt.ive months sufficient to set the Thames on fire. You say, the Thames is free to all vessels, and not to the factors. I dare say the factors will not deny this ; yet, if there are more ships sent to them with coals than tha consumption im mediately requires, they must lie in the Thames until they ca n be sold and delivered. If 300 sail were to arrive and be sold on a market day, they would have to lie until the consumption required their cargoes ; so, what difference does it make to tho Thames whether they lie in it sold or unsold ? In your paper of the 3d March, '° A Spectator" argues that, because the coal-owner ships small coals for the foreign mar ket at 6s. per chaldron less than he ships the large for Lon don, he concludes that the low price should be sufficient remu neration to the coal-owner. He might as well say that, be cause the soap-boiler sells his small ends and cuttings for six shillings less than he does the square soap, he ought to think the low price a remuneration fur his whole stock. His remarks about the shortness of meters, is last December, was satisfactorily explained by the evidence of Mr. Beale, before the Commit tee, on Monday last, which evidence, I think, " Spectator" cannot have seen. Such evidence as Mr. Bentley's (factor), on Thursday last, and the extraordinary evidence, as you call it, of Mr. R. Clark (factor) in 1836, when compared with the double extra ordinary evidence of Mr. Bailey and James Fyfe, will make the public more acquainted and better satisfied with those much abused though good regulations. I think this investigation will prove that London does not contain a more respectable class of salesmen than the coal factors. March 5, 1838. LOBSKEY. It is rumoured that the title of Viscount Newhaven ;13 about to be revived in the family of IL Cheney, Esq., of 131ake Hall, Essex. Captain Cheney, of the 71st Regiment, no:i quartered here, will, we believe, represent this title in the event of its revival:—Kilkenny Moderator. .ATANCITESTER.—On - Wednesday evening, at about a quarter to seven, a fire was discovered at the exten sive spinning and weaving mills belonging to the Oxford-road Twist Company. The roof of the building in which the fire commenced, containing the spreading, picking, and blowing rooms, about forty yards long and three stories high, soon fell in, and the next floor, which contained a very large quantity of ends, was in imminent danger : and though every exertion was used to save this part of the property all efforts were found unavailing. This catastrophe having, however, boon foreseen, the attention of the firemen was directed prin cipally to the safety of the adjoining mill, known as the Old MM. The mills in question are about 150 or 160 yards long, and seven or eight stories high, in which are employed up wards of 2,000 hands. The damage is estimated at between four and five thousand pound, but the whole of the property is insured in the Sun, Royal Exchange, Norwich, and Imperial Offices. LANARK.--On Monday week, at the hour of lock ing up, cries of murder were heard issuing from the gaol, which soon gathered a crowd before the gate. The authorities were soon on the spot, and on their admittance into the court they found the gaoler wounded and bleeding, and two of the prisoners missing. One of them is the notorious Ken, who made his escape about two months ago, and was recaptured at the snow-hall riot, in Edinburgh, and brought back. The gaoler reports that as soon as he opened the door of the room where were Kean and the other prisoner, to conduct them to thcir separate cells for the night, he was by them struck down, heat, and kicked most unmercifully. A search was made through the premises, when the other prisoner was found snugly pent up in his hammock,, but Kean was nowhere to be seen. It appeared from marks on the snow, that he had got over the wall as be had done before, though his progress trust have been attended with the greatest dantler to Glsgo u rho/. On Monday evening as Mr. Trondrow, of Ashover, yas returning home from Matlock fair on horseback, he waS :brown front his horse and killed on the spot. The horse's coming without its rider first alarmed the family, who caused a search to be made, and the body was found in the road.— Perby Mercury. ENCLOSURE F THE HAMPSTEAD ." mE,Dows. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,--1 have waited until the eleventh hour, feeling reluc tant again to bring my name before the public, thinking that some influential person would take up the question, which I had hoped had been set at rest last session of Parliament, of the impropriety of converting tho " beautiful village of Hampstead," and its immediate vicinity into the city of the dead. By the decided majority which threw out the Portland Cemetery Bill in the House of Commons, and the decision of the House of Lords., " That no satisfactory evidence had been adduced to show the public advantage to be derived from the adoption of the Necropolis Cemetery Bill," which Bill has made its re-appearance, with some slight alterations, read a second time, and now ripe for Committee, and up to this hour without opposition. I am aware the public taste is in favour of cemeteries; 20 am I, in appropriate distances from London ; but these speculations may be carried too far, and with your permission will enquire if it be necessary for the Legislature to give further powers, seeing that Acts have already passed authorising the enclosing four hundred acres of land, for the forming of the followin, cemeteries, most of which are commenced, and many of them completed,,or nearly so : General Cemetery, Harrow-road SO acreq, London Cemetery, Northern `3:ation 5O London Cemetery, Southern Station 5O London Cemetery, Eastern Station 5O South Metropolitan, Norwood Westminster Cemetery The contents of the Northern Burial Grounds, which have lasted two hundred years, consist of about thirty.eight acres of land, in thirteen of which there is sufficient space unoccupied, according to the average of burials, for thirty-one years to come. The additional quantity of ground provided for the northern districts ( Harrrow-road and Highgate) by the Ceme tery Acts that have already received the assent of both Houses of Parliament, and become the law of the land, is one hun dred and thirty acres, which Is sufficient for two hundred and fifty-two years to come ; surely, then, these grave gentle men must fail in proving the prea m bl e o f their Bill, which assumes that it will be for the benefit of the public, that the Cemetery Bill should pass, when I think I have shown there is ample provision already for burials, without enclosing the fields immediately adjoining, northward of this great metro polis, and it is hoped that Honourable Members will seriously turn their attention to this Bill, and not allow it to pass the House of Commons as last session : and see if they can dis cern by that 13ill whereby a Company may purchase from time to time land by the acre form, roads, for building frontage, and sell by the foot, thus forming a cemetery from one to fifty acres, and buildin g a new town at the terminus of the L on d on and Birmingham Railway, around it. Your obedient servant, W. H. JAMES. Hampstead, March 6, 1838. A compliment paid the village upon his late Majesty's visit to the Earl of Mansfield. DUBLIN-SATURDAY. In the Irish Papers of to-day, there appears the following not unimportant letter from Mr. O'Connell to the operatives of Dublin:— London, 7th March, 1838. FELLOW CO uNTRYNIEN—The two aggregate meetings which I was instrumental in bringing together during my last visit to Dublin, having unhappily terminated without the for mation of any species of Association to watch the progress of the proceedings of the then intended and now existing Com mittee of the House of Commons, on the subject of illegal combinations, I have no other method for the present of com municating with you save that which I now adopt—namely, through the Public Press. I thus, therefore, inform you, for your guidance, that the Committee have determined to take up, in the first instance, the inquiry into the effect on labour and wages in the cotton manufacture of illegal combinations of employers or workmen. We have been pressed to commence with examining wit nesses from Glasgow, next from Lancashire, and afterwards from Ireland. This order will, I believe, be observed. It is intended to examine one or two witnesses of each class—em ployers and workmen—from each locality, and not to exceed that number, unless the purposes of equal justice to all ap pear to require it. I am therefore desirous to obtain the names of one or two persons in Dublin who may be deemed by the workmen in cot ton the most useful for their interests to be examined. Such persons shall be summoned as speedily as may be. They will be entitled to be paid their expenses, and also compensation for their loss of time. Allow me to suggest to the operative tradesmen of Dublin, to form, if it suits their convenience, a Committee to assist in procuring evidence. The secretary of such Committee should immediately communicate with me, and let me know who you desire to have examined on your part. I will be able to trans mit to such secretary the minutes of the evidence as they shall be printed ; and, indeed, the Committee will, I believe, allow one " operative" from each locality to attend in the room whilst the evidence is given. This is not usual upon such Committees ; but our object is, in the discharge of an im portant—a most important duty—to give satisfaction to all reasonable persons. If you appoint a Committee for the purposes I mention, you will have ample opportunity to have all the facts you deem useful to your views and interests established in evidence. 'I have the honour to be, fellow-countrymen, Your faithful servant, DANIEL O'CONNELL. LEwls.—Malcolm Macleod, teacher of Garlic, in the island of Lewis, Ross-shire, has been committed to the gaol in Dingwall, for trial at the next Circuit Court of Justi ciary there, charged with the barbarous murder:of his wife. It appears that the wretched man had for some time entertained a feeling of enmity towards his wife, believing that she acted unkindly to him. One day the poor woman was found deal in her bed. Some marks of blood appeared about the house, and as Macleod had turned his children out of the door only a short time before the body was so discovered, suspicion fell upon him. He was apprehended at the very time be was sit.. ting at the lykewake, with several other persons, round the corpse of the deceased, but he succeeded in escap ing from the hands of justice. A diligent search was entered upon, and in three days he was found in a peat-moss, and brought to Dingwall gaol. lie now seems penitent, and re signed to his fate. According to statements said to have been made by the wretched prisoner, he perpetrated the murder by means of a towel, which, wrapped round the head of the wo man, produced suffocation. Observing blood to issue from the mouth, he is reported to have washed array the fatal evidence, and putting a clean cap on the deceased, laid the body in bed. The mother of the deceased called shortly afterwards to inquire after her daughter (who was far advanced in preg nancy), and found her in the awful situation described.—ln verness Courier. STAMFORD.---A , shocking mur d er was perpetrated on Tuesday morning last on the body of a female named Elizabeth Longfoot, aged about 51, w h o was possessed of a little freehold property, on which she li ve d . T he deceased was of very eccentric habits, and had on many occas i ons alarmed the neig hbourhood b y cries of murder. Cries of murder were heard about four o'clock i n t h e morn i ng, but were disregarded, the hearers imagining that it was the deceased in one of her customary fits of mental aberration. About seven o'clock in the morning, hownver, a woman gave the alarm, and on entering the house, the door of which was open, the body of the deceased wa s found lying in the first room a kitchen, on the stone floor, quite dead. Much blood was f oun d i n the room, and likewise in the y ard, where it is supp ose d that she must have been first struck on the temple by some blunt instru ment and stunned, and then the murderer, k nee li ng on the clay beside her, completed his diabolical deed by stranglingher with his fist, the marks of his knuckles being very visible on the right side of her neck. A wound about a quarter of an inch in circumference, on the left temple, exactly on the temporal artery, was supposed to have caused instantaneous death, and from this the bloo d had flowed copiously, suffusing the hair (which was in paper), the bonnet, and th e cap o f the de.. ceased. Andrew Porter, of Easton, baker, was on Th ursday committed to Oundle prison for re- exam i nat i on on Saturday next, on suspicion of being concerned in the above murder. The three brothers (Archers) were late in the evening re leased for the present. The investigation still continues-- Northamptonshire Herold. On Monday evening, a great excitement was caused in the vicinity of Goodramgate, York, from the following cir cumstance :—The female servant of a gentleman, living at Dringhouses, had been, about six o'clock in the morning, de livered of a child without any assistance. In the afternoon, she went with a bundle to Mr. Grant's house as above, and in passing through the pessage she nut down the bundle and quitted. A neighbour having picked up the bundle, took it into the room where the girl and her friend were at tea, when she owned it, and said it was the still-born child of a friend, and that she would give the woman a shilling to bury it, which was accepted. Th e woman took the child to her own place, where, about two hours afterwards, she heard a child scream, and on opening the bundle, she found the infant alive, although its bead had been tied between its legs, and a cord tied round its throat. Information was given to the girl's master, who immediately had her taken into custody, and ordered the in fant to be taken care of for the present at his expence.— Ywh Courant. On Tuesday afternoon a little boy, about four years of age, the son of Joshua Taylor, a joiner, residing at Pitts o'-the-moor, near Bury, was seen playing in an entry adjoining the Horse and Jockey Inn, on one side of which was a hole looking into the brewing cellar of the public-house, and be neath the hole was the brew-pan, at that time filled with boiling liquor. On the brewer going into the cellar and stirr ing up the liquor he perceived through the steam a substance like a bundle, and on further examination be pulled out the body of the little boy abave-mentioned, of course quite dead. —Leeds Intelligencer. . In the m,ght of the 28th u lt. th e t ower o f th e an cient church of Sollies Ville, in the Var, was struck . y \ight 7 ni h ng, which d estroyed the works of the descen',l,jl into te vestry, shivered the eliP.4: 'An which t l .l . priests' robes were '4ca deposited, and t'en made ifs way to the sanctuary, whence it -'l2e (l i vy the window, breaking a quantity of the coloured glass, and knocking away the keystone of an arch. A FIoPPING BET.—A gentleman laid a wager that he would hop on one leg a hundred yards in fifty hops. On Friday several gentlemen assembled in Hyde Park, to w tness the feet. The gentleman put on a pair of thin pumps as best calculated for hopping ; but ere he proceeded half way the treacherous pumps burst. He then put on his boots, and he accomplished the hundred yards in forty-seven hops. v, MARCH 12, 1838. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and her august mother attended divine service yesterday morning at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Her Majesty and suite came from the New Palace in three car riages. The Countess of Charlemont, Miss Spring Rice, Miss Paget, the Lord Chamberlain, the Hon. Colonel Ca vendish, and Sir Frederick Stovin were in attendance on her Majesty, and Lady Mary Stopford on the Duchess of Kent. The Rev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager (attended by Lady Clin- ton and Earl Howe) and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge also attended the service at the Chapel Royal. The Rev. Mr. Iladen and the Rev. Mr. Povah read the Church Service, and the Bishop of Hereford preached the sermon from the sth chapter of the Ist of Thessalonians, and the 9th verse. The musical service • was Barrows in F, Sale's Commandments and chant, and the anthem " Sing, 0 Heavens" (Kent). Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes terday. On Saturday her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness Lchzen, the F ! arl Uxbridge, the lion. Colonel Cavendish, arid St -George' Quentin, rode out on ho rse b a ck fur liours and 1). half in the environs 9f the In the evening her Majesty had a dinner party. Amongst the company were Baron Munchhausen, the Hanoverian Mi nister, the Lord Chancellor, Earl and Countess Grey, and Lady Georgiana Grey, Earl and Countess of Rosebery, Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Mahon, Lord Ossulston, Sir William and Lady Maria Sony. , rville, and Mr. C. Greville. The band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guard:, attended during dinner at the Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended divine service yesterday afterncen at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended divine service yester day morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cambridge honoured the Duchess Countess of Sutherland with their company at dinner on Saturday in Hamilton-place. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Princess Sophia yesterday. The Duke and Prince George of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta yes terday._ Mt:. Darby, Sir Charles Blount, Mr. Sharpe, with other gentlemen, a deputation from the Hop-growers of the county of Sussex, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer on Saturday, in Downing-street. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Mint°, Sir Joh❑ Hobhouse, Lord Holland, and Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick, The Cou,noil sat three hours. Lord Morpeth attended at the Foreign Office on Saturday afternoon, A deputation, including Lord Castlereagh, Earl of Hills borough, Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. \V. Curry, Mr. Bradshaw, and Mr. Wallace, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturdry. Mr. Colvile, Mr. M 4 Garrell, Mr. Runy, and Mr. Blair, had an an interview with Lord Glenelg, on Saturday, at the Colonial Office. The Neapolitan Minister transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign Office. Lord John Russell gave a Parliamentary Dinner on Saturday, at his residence in Wilton-crescent. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evensng, from the Colonial Office, for the Governor of Gibraltar. AMUSEMENTS OF THE WEEK. To the " amusements of the present week" is announced for Saturday the all-important opening of " her Majesty's Theatre," which commences with Bellini's favourite opera of La Sonnambula, in which Madame Persiani makes her debut in Amnia, and the popular ballet of Masanicllo. To give effective support in its various departments many new artistes of the first eminence have been added to the principal fa vourites of former seasons. The interior of the theatre, besides, has undergone complete renovation and embellish ment, and the promised novelties of the season are numerous and of the first order. At Drury-lane, to-night and Thursday, Mr. C. Kean will represent Gloster, in Richard the Third ; to-morrow Hamlet, and on Saturday will, for the third time, repeat his performance of Sir Giles Overreach, in Massinger's play of A New Way to Pay Old Debts ; to conclude every evening with Mozart's opera of the Ilfayic Flute. At Covent Garden, to-night, will be presented Shakspcare's tragedy of Coriolanus, in which Mr. Macready will appear in that character; to conclude with 13rother and Sister. To morrow night, Bulwer's new play of the Lady of Lyons, with Rooko's _opera of .Amilie ; or, the Love Test ; and on Thurs day the tragedy of Coriolanits Will, no doubt, be repeated. The Adelphi to-night, to-morrow, Thursday, and Saturday, Rory O'More, with the Black Domino, More Blunders than One, and the Gnome Fly. On Wednesday and Friday a grand selection o f sacre d music. The Olympic commences to-night with a new burletta, called What have I done? in which Farren, Keeley, and Miss Murray play the principal characters ; followed by You can't marry your Grandmother ; One Hour ; or the Carnival Ball ; and He would be an Actor. At the St. James's to-night, the Ambassadress, with the Culprit, and Jenny Jones. New City of London Theatre., to-night, Aladdin ; or, the Wonderful Lamp ; Aladdin, by Mrs. Honey, with My Sister Kate, and the Wandering Boys ; or, the Castle cf At the Surrey to-night, to-morrow, Thursday, and Satur. day, A Dream at Sea, in which Mrs. Nisbett will apnear, with, to-night and Thursday, A Husband at Sight, Augustus Polwisky, Mrs. Nisbett ; and on Tuesday and Saturday, Zarah ; to conclude every eVeßitig with Hassan Pasha / or, the Arab's Leap, in which the Bedouin Arabs appear. On Wednesday and Fridv, a Maiden's Fame, the Gnome Fly, the Rifle Brigade, and the Black Domino. The Victoria to-night, to-morrow, and Wednesday, the Tyrant of Algiers, with the King's Wager, and the Echo of Westminster Bridge ; and on Thursday, Friday, and Satur day, will be presented three acts of Hamlet, with the Revolt of the Workhouse, and the False Friend ; or, the Assassin of the Rocks. Mrs. Fitzwilliam has been playing Cherubino, in Le Nozze de Figaro, with great success at the Theatre Royal, Dublin. The critics say, that although she had to encounter the lan guage of la Lelia Italia, it occasioned but a slight drawback on the grace and liveliness of her performance. She joins Web ster at the Haymarket at Easter, where also, it is sad, Wrench is engaged. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Charles Kean repeated the part of Sir Giles Overreach on Saturday night, and his reception was hitily flattering. Our old friend Dowton, too, appeared perfectly at home, and elicited unanimous applause in Justice Greedy. After the play an opera was produced for the first time, translated, as is apparent from its title ( The Magic Flute) from Mozart's de lightful opera of Zauberflote ; as far as we could judge, from the ch,aactera, scenery, &c., (the dialogue being almost the plot of the original, if it can be called a plot, has been pretty closely adhered te. In an opera, however, and especially an English one, this is generally of secondary importance ; the attention is directed towards but one thing—if the music please all else is deemed unworthy of consideration. Far distant is the day when the compositions of Mozart shall cease to please, and, therefore, were this opera dependent for success merely on the merits of the music, it could never have been pro cl4imed a failure ; but the eye is charmed as well as the ear, and in no ordinary degree either, for not only is the music throughout admirably performed, but more pretty and effective scenery, and inure splendid and appropriate costumes, avel.c never introduced in any piece, even within the walls of Old Drury, during the gorgeous management of Mr. Bunn; we, therefore, predict for it a long and flourishing career. The various parts were sustained by the whole of the effective corps musicale of this establishment, and so deserving are they collectively of praise, that it would be almost unfair to parti cularize—WO cannot, however, omit remarking that the fine t ones o f Mr. H. Phillips were never heard to greater advan tage, and his acting was characterized by a, more than usual air of freedom. The :house was well attended, but towards the conclusion the impatience of a number of the audience was manifest, in consequence of the lateness of the hour. If the opera is to be played for the future after a five-act play, to remedy this it would certainly be judicious that it were in some slight degree curtailed. Mr. Thomas Tegg, the bookseller, of Cheapside, is said to be a candidate for the vacant alflermanic gown for the ward of Vintry, in consequence of the death of Mr. Winchester. THE NEW WORK EDITED BY " BOZ." MEMOIRS OF GRINIALIII, TIIE CLOWN."—" In the course of our literary labours," says the Literary Gazette, "It has fallen to our lot to review the biographies of sovereigns, gene rals, admirals, judges, scholars, philosophers, tragedians, comedians, physicians, bishops, lawyers, pickpockets, travellers, authors, bookmakers, politicians, musicians, agriculturalists, manufacturers, soldiers, sailors, busy citizens, dreamers, schemers, &c., ; but this is the first time we have ever been called - on to notice the life of a clown. The subject is so entirely new, that we hardly know how to treat it ; to run about with it, to jump with it, to play with it, to tumble or to tumble out with it, to buffet it, to joke with it, to grimace with it, or,—with our pen, as with a harlequin's wand, to exhibit it in its natural and grotesque attitudes, and all. those hum:ours which the biographer has so nicely coloured for tl-, 0 public gratification. . . Thi s amus i ng and ir..,Atresting mind's work has brought the pee r le s s o f clowns.vivhl,,f back to ou r of pleasure a n d l aug h ter, eye, with a thousand associationi holding both our aides." A few . ;yeeks ago the Messrs. J. and D. Paton, manufacturers, Tillicoultry, received an order from Sir Henry Wheatley, keeper of the Queen's privy purse, to furnish three dresses of tartan for her Majesty's own use. As no particular patterns were condescended upon, they found themselves left at Ebony with respect to these, and came to the conclusion that at least two of the dresses should be composed of national ‘, Sets." The Stewart, as being that worn by her Majesty's ancestors, while Kings of Scotland, was at once fixed upon as one, and the Forty-second, or Black Watch, as the other. Still there was a third, and it was resolved, in very good taste, that a new one should be formed for the occasion, which should be called " Victoria Tartan," in commemoration of her Majesty.—Stidiriu Übserver, TO THE TRADES' SOCIETIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The Committee of the Lcndon Trades, appointed to meet the forthcoming enquiry in the Hcuse of Comm( us, beg to call the attention of the Members of Trades' Sc. cicties generally to the following lists of questions which has been exiensively and extlusively circulated by the pro. posers amougst the manufacturers and authoritiu throuik■ out the country. __ 13y ardor or C• mink tv; JOHN NEWTON, Sec. pto Ie 'on.-These queries have been so arranged that the An swers can gene ra lly b e p l ace d opposite. to •each question . in some cases, however, it will be necessary to give tilt 4n. swer on a separate paper. 1. Name of town nr disttict. 2. Population of ditto, 3. Characteristie.s of tits iv, awl tat' tlikit 1.1 4.4 44 • , employ, with refqcno.' the sttike. t f o''4 eiretinulttlleeS of the tmtio t t r. - otherwise, at the time of the etrik6 3. State the occupation of pet set engstetA ill the Stfik* combination, thawing 60 particulst 'class with Ittlieh originated. 6. What were the aVerage weekly earulll:s immediately be fore the strike, and w h en i n f ull werK; of the class K i t h vv h orre the strike originated ? 7. Were the ePrnitur, or other circumstances of the work men, with whom strike originated, inferior to those of per., sons em"loyed in the same branch of manufacture, in the save Or neighbouring towns or districts ? 8. Were they in any way, and in what way superior ? 9. State the number and description of workmen and other persons whose empl o y men t s d epen d e d upon those of the per sons engaged in the strike, and who were consequently de prived of occupation during its continuance. 10. What were the weekly earnings of tho persons last described? 11. rendered Stateinactive by th s the estimated tr value of buildi ngs and machinery' ik. 12. State the estimated floating capital, 1 0 . 1 manuf a ct urers and masters rend ere d i nact i ve, and consreee cut amount of loss. Detail the mode in which this estim.dtr.. is made. 13. Did any Trades Union exis' the distri c t b e f ore t h e strike, or was any formed in core sec Number a n d d escr i pt i on of luence? its members-its constitution rules for m anagem ent-reinuneration of o ffi cers- i ts declared objects-mode of opereee,„ ‘ 14. Were any eeid what compulsory measures taken to make workmen : j oin tlre union? 15. Did .ny association of masters exist in the district be fore the 'strike, for counteracting the operations of Trades' Uniens, cr for any other purpose. 16. Did the strike originate in the town or digtrice,., or was it part of a mor e ex t ens i ve plan, and was it fom entrA l by dele gates from any oth er b o d y o f workmen ? 17. Was the strike under the direction of a'liy Committee; and, if so, what was its constitution and mc,de of operation ; and had that Committee absolute aid secret powers ? Endeavour to furnish a copy of the rules. 18. What was the ostensile'ie cause of the strike or combi nation ; state whether any and what notice was given, either by the masters or men, as the ease min g it° ht be, of th e ti me o f commencement. 19. Were any and what proposals for accommodation made by either party for the acceptance of the other ? Send copies of any papers connected with such proposals. 20. On what day did the strike commence? 21. In how many establishments did the strike prevail ? ln how many did the workmen continue employed 22. State the number of persons engaged in the strike or combination, and the number who continued. at work. 23. How were the different descriptior .s of workpeople sup ported during the strike? From what source was the fund derived? What were the rates of weekly allowance at dif ferent periods? What the aggregate sum thus distributed ? How long did the funds last ? What were the expenses of management ? Send repet's, if any. 24. Was any subscription raised, or money voted from corporate or other funds, for relieving distressed persons dur ing the strike ? \Vhat regulations or limitations were im posed in the r listribution of the money ? 25. Ste're the sums expended for the relief of the poor from the parish funds, in each week during the strike, and in each of the twelve weeks thereafter, comparing the same with the corresponding period in the preceding year. 26, Were any of the workpeople able to resort, and did they so resort, to any other, and what other, modes of ()carp, tion, at any ti me d ur i ng the continuance of the strike? 27. How otherwise did they pass their time ? 28. Was there any perceptible increase of the class of street beggars ? 29. Was much sickness or increased mortality observable during the strike, or consequent upon it? 30. State the number of persons who were admitted into the several hospitals, or received medical attendance, during each week of the strike, and for each of the twelve weAs thereafter. Give weekly .statements for the correspwading weeks of the ureeeding year. 31. Was there more than the usual amount of drunkenness and disorderly conduct witnessed in the streets? 32. Were any, and what acts of violence against persons or property committed by the discontented workmen, pP.rticularly with reference to new hands employed or old hanO, s not turn ing out? 33. Was it necessary to call in the aid of military power, or to add to the force of the police, in, order to preserve the peace ? 34. Can loss of human life be tither directly or indirectly attributed to the strike? 35. Were any 111 effects visible in the criminal calendar at tributable to the strlke ? Give weekly statements of the number of persons committed and the nature of their offences, during the continuance of the strike, and for three months thereafter. Give also statements of the committals in the corresponding weeks of the preceding year. 36. Did the people while unemployed contract degrading habits? Were those habits abandoned or continued beyond the period of the strike? 37. Was any diminution observed in the attendance at schools of the children of parties engaged in the strike ? 38. \Vhat was the amount of money in the, Savings; Banks of the district on the 20th of November in each of the three years preceding the strike ; and what, was the amount just be fore the strike began ? 39. What proportion belonged to the class of discontented workmen? 40. What was the aggregate amount of deposits when the strike ended? 41. \Vhat propositio n then belonged to the discontented class? 42. Give silnilar statements for any Friendly or other Be nefit or Loan Societies? 43. Did the workpeople contract debts, and to what amount, when unemployed ? 44. Have they since been able to pay off' their debts ? 45. Did the manufacturers arid masters have recourso to any, and what means, for supplying the places of discontented workmen ? In particular, were any mechanical inventions newly in troduced to that end ? 46. How far were those measures successful ? 47. State the day on which the strike ended. How many weeks were the workmen unemployed ? 48. How many, when willi ng to wor k , were able again to find employment ? 49. By what means wL re they induced to resume work? 50. Upon what terms did they return to work ? 51. State the number of new hands who were permanently retained by the masters •!,iter the strike ? 52. What rate of •;:ages did they pay to new bands, com pared to 'hat bad before been paid to workmen similarly em ployed ? 5,1, What number or proportion left the district, or conti nued in it unemployed, or employed in occupations different or inferior in emolument to those they had previously filled ? 54. Has there been any difference observable in the mode of living, and in the personal and family comforts enjoyed by the operatives before and since the strike? 55. Have any of the master manufacturers been induced by the consequences of the strike to quit business or to remove to other localities, or have any of the masters failed in conse quence of the strike? 56. Estimate the pecuniary loss to the town or district oc casioned by the strike, and distinguish the proportions of that loss borne by the workmen, the manufacturers or masters, the shopkeepers, and other classes respectively ? 57. What has heel' the effect of the strike on the trade of the town or district ? By a Parliamentary Paper just published, it ap pears that the number of beer-houses licensed to sell beer by retail in England and \Vales during the year ending 31st of December, 1837, is as follows :-13eerhouses licer,sed to con sume the beer on the premises, 40,102 ; not to consume the beer on the premises, 5,292. Total 45,304 - SINGULAR FUNERAL.-Abort your o'clock on Wednesday afternoon the inhabitants of the Waterloo-road, as well as those living in its vicinity, we.re surprised at beholding the fire-engine belonging to the Y r ?est of England Assurance Company proceeding along at - .3. very slow rate, having upon its top a coffin, over which ( I :epended the U n i on J ac k h a lf -staff high. It appeared that the coffin contained the remains of Benjamin Cole, who 'dad for many years filled the situation of foreman to the , engine belongi ng t o t h e esta bli shment. Upon rite deceased ex p resse d a w i sh to be conveyed to I , l , i t s h d a e t a b. tl o r i - ,.. b i c n d e from whence n o t rave ll er returns " on the engine which ne used to love so well. This wish was complied with 1 1:f the Board of Directors ; and accordingly the engine was placed in proper order, and at the appointed hour the coffin was placed on it, over which was placed the coat and badge of the deceased, while the driver and eight of the firemen, dressed in the costume of the office, each having a crape band, fol lowed the corpse as mourner, and in this urder they proFeeded. to the New Church, Kennington common. On its arrival at g the church t oe p rocess i on was j o i ned by tne family of the de ceased. The singularity o f th e scene d rew t oge th er a great concourse of people. On the arrival o f one o f the Charenton omnibuF,es Paris on remainedS u iida y ci n u r i o e r t i l l y i morning, seated ~ iicithe corner asfouildt of the v e hi c l e, and had shown no symptoms of being that passe. e er was corpse. who hohd a Ile had died unperceived ; an .hp nod y being taken to th e Morgue, was soon after claire,-,dby his friends. The wife of the " e ostmaster at Boulogne-sur-Mer, who was recently condemned to three months' imprisonment for adulter ana who had been allow e d t o ret i re to her uncle's roid once iv, days before the term o f h er penalty expired, - I c ommitted suicide a few days ago, by h ang i ng herself iilher apartaieut.—Galtunant. 1 I